Thread-cabinet



(No Model.)

F. A. GOODRIDGE.

THREAD CABINET. l i No. 498,784. Patented June 6, 1893.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK A. GOODRIDGE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

TH READ-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,784, dated J une 6, 1893.

Application led .August 20, 1892. Serial No. 443,651. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, FREDERICK A. Gooi)- RIDGE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful linprovements in Thread-Cabinets, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to cabinets for containing the broken stock of thread from which the same is sold in the retail trade, and has for its object a cabinet that in itself and in the manner of using the same shall occupy a minimum ot' ,store-space, one in which provision is made to keep the thread of different colorsblack and white-separate, to keep the different sorts, or number, of the same color separate, one in which, when it is desired to get at some particularnumber of a required color, all the sorts of that color are brought to plain view, and areconveniently gotten at wit-hout disturbing other sorts or mixing the colors.` It consists in the novel features in the construction of thread-cabinets hereinafter described, in the details of improvement by which the desirable results, enumerated above, are effected, and in the details of imj provement embodied in the cabinet drawer hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference denote like parts in the several views, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved cabinet. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, showing one of the hinged sections, hereinafter described, opened. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, taken on the line 3--3 in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section, taken on the line 4-4 in Fig. 2. Fig.5 is avertical section,taken, through part of the height of the cabinet, as on the line 5 5 in Fig.3;and Fig. 6 is avertical section, taken on the line 6-6 iu Fig. 5.

I have illustrated a simple, square, upright,

side panels O, which are secured to the base-` board D and the top-board E, and thek partition-piece A. Each of the sections R and R', as well as the sections F and F', are provided with a number of shelves a dividing the sections into a number of compartments vertically disposed. These compartments are again subdivided, by the partition-ribs l), into any number of individual compartmentstwo, as shown-as may be found convenient. The two sections F and F are each hinged, by the hinges c, at their adjacent andffront edges, to the front edge of the partition-piece A. 3These sections are, in a manner similar to the sections R and R', closed, on three sides, by the outside panel-pieces C and the inside pieces C". The sections R and R are open toward the front, and the sections F and F have their open side turned toward the rear when the same lare closed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so that, when turned tothe position shown in Figs. 2 and 4, their open side will be in the same direction as the open side of the sections R and R. The front edges of the shelves a are preferably faced with narrow vertical strips Zr, to retain the spools of cotton in the compartments. Y

In the bottom of the cabinet, is formed'a place for the drawer G, for which is provided inclined ways, or slides e. By this means, not only will the spools of cotton, which are placed therein on their sides in rows extending from the front to the back of the drawer between the partition-slats d always tend to roll toward the front of the'drawer, but the drawer, itself, will be easier to manipulate. It is evident that the spools always beinginthe front end of the drawer, it will not be necessary to pull the drawer out but a short distance to get at the spools. For this reason, I secure to the under side of the drawer a stop-strip h, and a cross-bar t' to the framing of the case, against 1 IOO in Fig. 5, when the stop h will ride over the cross-bar t'. When the stop h has passed the cross bar t the drawer can again be allowed to rest on its slides and be completely withdrawn. In order to permit the drawer to be raised, as described, to pass the stop h over the cross-bar t', the sides of the drawer and the partition slats d are cut down, so as to be narrower at the middle portions than at their ends or at the front and rear ends of the drawer.

In a cabinet such as described, one side, as'

WV, is used for the spools of white thread, and the other, B, for the black, placing t-he different numbers in the several individual compartments ofthe sections R and Fand R and F', while the drawer is used for the colored thread.

The main features of advantage are: the comparativelylin'iited counter-space occupied by the cabinet, as a whole, z'. e., its compactness, combined with the ease with which the dilerent sorts of either color black or white-can be gotten at, and the fact that all sorts of the desired colorare at once presented to View when one section, F or F', is simply turned to thevposition shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and this, without inconvenience, when the cabinet is used in a clear space.

The features of advantage in the drawer are self-apparent-the spools always being at the front of the drawer, where they may be gotten at without pulling the drawer completely out, and the drawer being supported on inclined ways will be more easily pulled out, the inclination of the ways not being so abrupt as to permit the drawer to open itself.

It is evident, from the foregoing description, that the general form of cabinet, illustrated herewith, might be considerably modified, to meet the requirements in particular cases, without materially departing from the essential features of my invention.

I claim- 1. In athread cabinet, the combination with stationary receptacles, of a partition-piece eX- tending beyond the same, and receptacles hinged to the outer edge ofthe partition-piece: substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a thread cabinet, the combination with a drawer and inclined slide-Ways therefor, of a stop secured to the underside of the drawer, and a stationary'c1'oss-bar, the side parts of the drawer being reduced in the middle portion of the length: substantially as and for the purposes described;

3. In a thread cabinet, the .combination with stationary sections and hinged receptacles, of a drawer mounted beneath the same provided with inclined slide-ways: substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I hereuntov affix my signature, in presence 'of two witnesses, this 16th day of August, 1892.

FREDERICK A. GOODRIDGE.

Witnesses:

A. RAMEL, F. R. CoRNWALL. 

